Weight-loss drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, have become a sensation in recent years. The drugs, originally intended to treat diabetes and now often hailed as weight loss revelation for people without diabetes, may be set to make an indelible mark on the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment industry. Nearly half of people on a course […]
Nonprofit health care network Catalight has tapped tech company Nabla to cut down on paperwork in the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) field using AI. Catalight, a Walnut Creek, California-based company, announced this week a partnership with Nabla, in order to use the company’s AI ambient assistant. Under the agreement, Catalight’s clinical staff, which include […]
Autism provider Cortica has raised an $80 million equity round. The funds will help the San Diego-based multispecialty pediatric therapy provider beef up its in-house-build technology stack to improve its precision medicine approach, deepen its market presence and help land innovative value-based care contracts. “We already have a great model that works extremely well,” Neil […]
Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB), a workforce solutions provider, acquired childhood therapeutics company Children’s Therapy Center (CTC). The acquisition expands Kelly’s clinical services in what the company called a “high-margin, high-demand” sector. “The demand for services has been going on for years, actually, and certainly well before the pandemic, when you think about the increase of […]
Digital mental health unicorn Headspace is eliminating its staff therapist corps and 13% of its workforce. Headspace CEO Tom Pickett told employees in an email that the layoffs were necessary to “reset” the company and “return to our roots by driving innovations in both technology and care models that disrupt existing systems.” The move comes […]
Virtual substance use management company Pelago has named Frank Jennings its new president, the company announced last week. Jennings comes over from a three-year tenure at Castlight Health where he was the chief sales officer. He also served as the chief commercial officer at Covera Health and senior vice president of sales at Doctor on […]
While medication-assisted treatments (MAT), such as methadone and buprenorphine, are hailed as the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), some patients with the condition instead opt for non-opioid medications. Clinicians too are much more likely to prescribe non-opioid medications. These preferences, based on misinformation and misunderstandings, can keep patients from the most effective […]
AI-backed therapy platform Jimini has landed $8 million in pre-seed funding. The New York-based startup matches patients with a licensed clinician. Prior to the first appointment, Jimini’s AI therapist assistant, dubbed Sage, will initiate activities with the patient to help gather information to help the therapist conduct the first session. The assigned therapist can then […]
UNIFI Autism Care reshuffled two C-Suite roles while its CEO seeks new employment. The applied behavior analysis (ABA) provider has named its chief clinical officer, Breanne Hartley, its president. It also appointed Dr. Steven Merahn, a former strategic advisor to the company, its chief medical officer. The company has not yet announced a new CEO. […]
Stride Autism Centers named Emily Patrizi its chief operating officer. The Trumpet Behavioral Health vet plans to focus on precision and operational rigor to continue to evolve Stride’s mission, Patrizi told Autism Therapy Business. She is tasked with overseeing center operations, human resources, technology and data and supporting clinical initiatives. Chicago-based Stride Autism Centers provides […]
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